Numbers and Gematriah

Numbers and Gematriah

Every letter of the Alef Beit has a numerical value

Numbers 1 and 2

• 1 - Hashem

• 2 - Luchot - Tablets of stone

How many things do you know that are 3?

Avot

Shalosh Regalim

Daily prayers

Paragraphs of the Shema

Aliyot on Mondays and Thursdays

Multiple Select

There are 3 of these?

• Books of Torah

• Daily Prayers

• Aliyot on Mondays and Thursdays

• Knots on Tzitzit

Multiple Select

Which of these are 4?

• Megillot

• Arba Minim

• Shalosh Regalim

• Mitzvot of Purim

• Brachot in Birchat Hamazon

Multiple Choice

ODD ONE OUT???

• Fathers

• Mothers

• Paragraphs of Shema

• Aliyot on Mondays and Thursdays

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There are

children in the Hagadah

Fill in the Blanks

There are

Prayer services on Yom Kippur

Who knows 4?

• Mothers

• Arba Minim

• Mitzvot of Purim

• Children in the Hagadah

• Questions in the Ma Nishtanah

• Phrases of Redemption at Seder

• Brachot in Birkat Hamazon

WHO KNOWS 5?

• The Books of the Torah

• Prayer services on Yom Kippur

• Megillot

• Knots on Tzitzit

Numbers 6 - 10

Which number has the most things you know?

WHO KNOWS 6?

I know 6!

6 ARE THE FAST DAYS

Do you know what they are?

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Which fast days are named after their date?

• 17 Tammuz

• Tisha B'av

• Fast Of Gedaliah

• 10 Tevet

Seven here we come!

How many things do you know that are 7???

7 ARE THE

• Branches of the Menorah

• Species of the Land of Israel

• Laws of Noach

• Aliyot on Shabbat

• Weeks in the Omer

• Hakafot on Simchat Torah

• Sheva Brachot at a wedding

Multiple Select

Which if these are 7???

• Days of Chanukah

• Days of shivah after a person passes away

• Laws of Noach

• Phrases of redemption at the Seder

• Knots on Tzitzit

Multiple Select

WHO KNOWS 8? WHICH OF THESE ARE 8?

• Strings of Tzitzit

• Days of Chanukah

• Hakafot on Simchat Torah

• Books of the Mishnah

• Day on which a boy has his Brit Milah

The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded by a wall in which there are 8 separate gates

Can you make a song to remember them?

Multiple Select

How many of these are connected to the number 10?

• Generations from Adam to Noach

• Commandments

• Days of Repentance

• Garments of the High Priest

• Fast Days

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10 are the 10

Do you know 12????

• 12 are the Tribes of Israel

• 12 are the Books in Ketuvim

• 12 are the Months in a year

• 12 are the Minor prophets

• 12 is the age of Bat Mitzvah

Poll

How many months are there in a leap year?

• 12

• 13

• 14

• 15

Multiple Choice

ODD ONE OUT

• Tribes of Israel

• Steps in the Order of the Seder

• Months in a Year

• Minor Prophets

• Hakafot on Simchat Torah

Fill in the Blanks

19 are the Brachot in the weekday

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TRUE OR FALSE

There are 19 years in a Complete Calendar Cycle

• TRUE

• FALSE

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TRUE OR FALSE

There are 15 Minor Prophets

• FALSE

• TRUE

WHO KNOWS 40?

• Days of rain during the Flood

• Days Moshe spent on Mount Sinai

• Days the spies were in Israel

• Years in the desert

• Years of King David's rule

Multiple Choice

ODD ONE OUT

• Days the spies were in Israel

• Principles of Faith

• Books in Ketuvim

• Years in the desert

• Days of shivah after someone passes away

MORE NUMBER FUN

• 22 LETTERS IN THE ALEF BEIT

• 24 BOOKS IN THE TANACH

• 39 CATEGORIES OF WORK PROHIBITED ON SHABBAT

• 49 DAYS OF THE OMER

• 50 YOVEL YEAR WHEN ALL SLAVES WERE FREED

• 54 PARSHIOT IN THE TORAH

• 63 MASSECHTOT IN THE MISHNAH

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE

The Yovel year was the 49th year when all slaves are freed

• FALSE

• TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSE

There are 39 Categories of work prohibited on Shabbat

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE IF YOU ADD

THE LETTERS IN THE TORAH AND THE DAYS OF THE OMER = 304,854

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Days of the Omer + Mitzvot in the Torah = 661

• TRUE

• FALSE

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ADD THE NUMBER OF JEWS WHO CAME DOWN TO EGYPT WITH YAAKOV TO THE FAST DAYS =

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE IF YOU ADD

THE AGE OF SARAH WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH TO YITZCHAK TO THE LAWS OF NOACH = 97

• TRUE

• FALSE

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SPECIES OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL + TRIBES OF ISRAEL =

Fill in the Blanks

DAYS OF RAIN DURING THE FLOOD + PARAGRAPHS OF THE SHEMA =

Fill in the Blanks

ALIYOT ON SHABBAT + COMMANDMENTS + STEPS IN THE ORDER OF THE SEDER =

Fill in the Blanks

AGE OF AVRAHAM WHEN YITZCHAK WAS BORN + AGE OF SARA WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH TO YITZCHAK =

Fill in the Blanks

SHALOSH REGALIM + MEGILLOT

Fill in the Blanks

AVOT + MITZVOT OF PURIM + KNOTS ON TZITZIT =

Fill in the Blanks

BRACHOT IN BIRKAT HAMAZON + DAILY PRAYERS + TABLETS OF STONE =

Fill in the Blanks

CUPS OF WINE AT THE SEDER +PARAGRAPHS OF THE SHEMA + TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOFAR BLATS ON ROSH HASHANAH =

LIFE OF ....

• YOSEF - 110

• MOSHE - 120

• SARAH - 127

• YAAKOV - 147

• AVRAHAM - 175

• YITZCHAK - 180

Multiple Choice

HOW LONG DID YOSEF LIVE FOR?

• 100

• 110

• 118

• 119

• 120

Multiple Choice

HOW LONG DID YAAKOV LIVE?

• 145

• 147

• 150

• 175

• 180

Multiple Choice

HOW LONG DID YITZCHAK LIVE?

• 120

• 127

• 147

• 175

• 180

Multiple Choice

HOW LONG DID MOSHE LIVE?

• 100

• 110

• 120

• 127

• 147

Multiple Choice

HOW LONG DID SARAH LIVE?

• 110

• 120

• 127

• 147

• 175

Multiple Choice

HOW LONG DID AVRAHAM LIVE?

• 120

• 127

• 147

• 175

• 180

MORE NUMBERS....

• 210 YEARS JEWS WERE SLAVES IN EGYPT

• 248 POSITIVE MITZVOT IN THE TORAH

• 365 NEGATIVE MITZVOT IN THE TORAH

• 354 DAYS IN THE JEWISH YEAR

• 365 DAYS NOACH WAS IN THE ARK

• 613 MITZVOT IN THE TORAH

• 969 LIFE OF METUSHELACH

ALWAYS REMEMBER THERE ARE

304,805 LETTERS IN THE TORAH

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Minus the number of blasts we blow on Rosh Hashanah on the Shofar from the days of Chanukah =

Fill in the Blanks

DAYS NOACH WAS IN THE ARK MINUS MEMBERS OF THE SANHEDRIN =

Fill in the Blanks

DAYS IN THE JEWISH YEAR + AGE OF BAR MITZVAH =

Multiple Choice

PARSHIOT IN THE TORAH + STEPS IN THE SEDER =

• 59

• 69

• 79

• 89

Multiple Choice

WEEKS IN THE OMER + DAYS OF CHANUKAH =

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 16

Multiple Choice

TRIBES OF ISRAEL + YEARS IN THE DESERT =

• 32

• 42

• 52

• 62